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Autore |
Tumber Catherine |
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Titolo |
Small, gritty, and green : the promise of America's smaller industrial cities in a low-carbon world / / Catherine Tumber |
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Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2012 |
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ISBN |
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0-262-29754-X |
1-283-34372-X |
9786613343727 |
0-262-30270-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Collana |
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Urban and industrial environments |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Urban ecology (Sociology) - United States |
Fossil fuels - Environmental aspects - United States |
Land use, Urban - Environmental aspects - United States |
Renewable energy sources - Technological innovations - United States |
Technology - Economic aspects - United States |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction : beloved communties, benighted times -- Against "shapeless giantism." -- Mega dreams and small city realities : trafficking in transportation planning -- Agriculture on the urban fringe and beyond -- Framing urban farming -- Making good : renewables and the revival of smaller industrial cities -- Roots of knowledge : local economics, urban scale, and schooling for civic renewal. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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How small-to-midsize Rust Belt cities can play a crucial role in a low-carbon, sustainable, and relocalized future. |
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